Without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, p.160, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2014). The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, p.160, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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